Research Interests

My research interests focus on the cycling of key elements in rivers and marginal seas under the effects of climate change. I apply multidisciplinary methods to systematically study the interaction of iron, carbon, phosphorus and other elements in the early diagenesis process, and explore their impacts on the element fluxes at the seawater-sediment interface, as well as the burial of organic carbon. By excavating the key biogeochemical processes, I would like to search for the geochemical Godzilla that balances the earth's element cycles. My specific research directions including:

·   Iron mineral transformation in the surficial sediments;

·   The application of 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy in the interdisciplinary research of marine and environmental sciences;

·   Negative carbon technology inspired by iron-carbon interactions.

Publications

·   Zhou, Z. *; Henkel, S.; Kasten, S; Holtappels, M. The iron “redox battery” in sandy sediments: Its impact on organic matter remineralization and phosphorus cycling. Science of The Total Environment, 2022.

·   Patzner, M. S., M. Logan, A. M. McKenna, R. B. Young, Zhou Z., H. Joss, C. W. Mueller, C. Hoeschen, T. Scholten, D. Straub, S. Kleindienst, T. Borch, A. Kappler & C. Bryce. Microbial iron cycling during palsa hillslope collapse promotes greenhouse gas emissions before complete permafrost thaw. Communications Earth & Environment, 2022

·   Zhou, Z.*; Latta, D.E.; Scherer, M.M. Natural organic matter inhibits Ni stabilization during Fe (II)-catalyzed ferrihydrite transformation. Science of The Total Environment, 2021.

·   Zhou, Z.*; Muehe, M; Tomaszewski, E.; Kappler, A.; Byrne, J. Effect of Natural Organic Matter on the Fate of Cadmium During Microbial Ferrihydrite Reduction. Environmental Science & Technology, 2020.

·   Chanda, P.; Zhou, Z.; Latta, D.E.; Scherer, M. M.Johnson, C. Effect of organic C on stable Fe isotope fractionation and isotope exchange kinetics between aqueous Fe (II) and ferrihydrite at neutral pH. Chemical Geology. 2020.

·   Notini, L.; Byrne J.; Tomaszewski, E.; Latta, D.; Zhou, Z., et al. Mineral Defects Enhance Bioavailability of Goethite toward Microbial Fe (III) Reduction. Environmental Science & Technology. 2019.

·   DeVore, C., Rodrigues-Freire, L.; Ducheneaux, C.; Zhou, Z., et al. Effect of bicarbonate and phosphate on arsenic release from mining-impacted sediments in the Cheyenne River watershed, South Dakota, USA. ESPI. 2019.

·   Zhou, Z.; Latta, D. E.; Naida, N.; Borch, T.; Thompson, A.; Scherer, M. M.*Fe(II)-catalyzed transformation of ferrihydrite-organic matter coprecipitates: A closer look using Fe isotopes. Environmental Science & Technology. 2018.

·   Zhou, Z.; Dai, C.; Zhang, Y. The Removal of Antimony by Novel NZVI-Zeolite: The Role of Iron Transformation. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 2015.

·   Dai, C.; Zhou, Z.; Zhou, X.; Zhang, Y. Removal of Sb(III) and Sb(V) from aqueous solutions using nZVI. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 2014.